Concert series returns to Rye

Thursday

Jun 26, 2008 at 2:00 AM

Celebrating a diversity of world-class talent, and a new concert piano, the Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Road, Rye, presents the Abendmusik Fine Arts Concert Series, again, this summer. Four evening concerts, in July and August, will be performed in the main sanctuary, each beginning at 7:30 p.m., and a reception and opportunity to greet the artists will follow each concert. The church presents the series on the following four dates, with five artists:

Celebrating a diversity of world-class talent, and a new concert piano, the Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Road, Rye, presents the Abendmusik Fine Arts Concert Series, again, this summer. Four evening concerts, in July and August, will be performed in the main sanctuary, each beginning at 7:30 p.m., and a reception and opportunity to greet the artists will follow each concert. The church presents the series on the following four dates, with five artists:

Saturday, July 12, pianist Lt. Col. T. Shane Tomko USMC will play the opening concert of the series, which will also be the inaugural concert on the church's new seven-foot Schimmel concert piano. Shane is a Marine infantry, reconnaissance, and special operations officer currently serving in Iraq with numerous decorations, awards and combat deployments. As a musician, Shane has performed for Presidents Reagan and Clinton, the White House, National Cathedral, and multiple other venues around the world. Red Sox fans will want to know that he has performed the national anthem at Fenway Stadium for the championship series. Shane's prodigious talent spans classical, R&B, and gospel music. He will be presenting an eclectic range of music, all of which are his own arrangements and compositions, before his return deployment to Iraq, in August. Saturday, July 19, world fusion music master Randy Armstrong, will perform on more than 25 instruments from around the world. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a "sure-fingered guitar virtuoso," Armstrong plays a collection of more than 200 instruments from around the world, and is the co-founder of Doah World Music Ensemble and Uno Mondo. Saturday, Aug. 2, pianist Christopher Kies will perform ragtime greats including the works of Scott Joplin. Kies is professor of music at the University of New Hampshire, since 1979. His areas of teaching include piano, theory, and composition. His doctorate and master's degree are in composition from Brandeis University, and his undergraduate degrees are in piano and composition from the New England Conservatory. In 1975-76, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study composition in Cologne, Germany. It's more than a sure bet for great summer fun when Chris Kies performs Scott Joplin's ragtime music, on Aug. 2. Saturday, Aug. 16, duo pianists, Jung Mi Lee and Jon Sakata are "Spectacular...;extraordinary...;thrilling to hear and watch" — Richard Dyer (Boston Globe). Active in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, Jung Mi Lee and Jon Sakata perform to enthusiastic audiences and international acclaim in programs spanning repertoire from 16th to 21st centuries. For the past three summers, they have been the featured guest artists of a series of European tours that have taken them to cultural capitals of Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and more. Performing as a duo (four hands at one piano), the concert will include J.S. Bach, Mozart, and Schumann.

In the finale celebration of the church's new concert piano, these classical artists will bring the Abendmusik series to a conclusion.

Ticket Info (964-4061):

ADVANCE TICKETS Adults $10. Seniors 65 and over $8. Children 15 and under free.

AT THE DOOR Adults $12. Seniors 65 and over $10. Children 15 and under free.

All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary and include a reception in Fellowship Hall. Contact Leigh or Lucy at 964-4061.

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